Uh, yeah.... We're gonna need you to go ahead, and, uh, probably track him down again, and then kill him. Oh, and if you could go ahead and end this whole Iraq business, that'd be great. Umkay? Umkay.

"We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business".
-Scott McClellan

Yeah, and that's been working so well for us, hasn't it? Coming up on $250 billion and over 2000 dead, and what have we got to show for it? A confused nation, a captured head of state of a country not remotely relevant to al-Qaeda, and something for the news to cover. And even that's not so much anymore.

Cheney was quoted as saying,

"Obviously no-one can guarantee that we won't be hit again. But our nation has been protected by more than luck."

Well, that's good to know. Here I thought it's been people wishing those nasty terrorists away.

2200. 2200 visits to families whose lives have now been destroyed. Oh, and over 2000 of these have occurred since the infamous "Mission Accomplished" publicity stunt. Let's not forget the ~30,000 Iraqi civilian casualties, either.

How the hell does he sleep at night?

But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a
heavy reckoning to make when all those legs and arms and heads,
chopp'd off in a battle, shall join together at the latter day
and cry all 'We died at such a place'- some swearing, some crying
for a surgeon, some upon their wives left poor behind them, some
upon the debts they owe, some upon their children rawly left. I
am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle; for how
can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their
argument? Now, if these men do not die well, it will be a black
matter for the King that led them to it; who to disobey were
against all proportion of subjection.

-Henry V (Act 4: scene 1)

Dubya is still defending his little spy network. You know, generally when someone's backing into corners and rattling off excuses, there's something amiss.

Apparently Ashcroft actually refused to support parts of the bill. When Ashcroft won't support something, you know it's heinous.

Oh, but wait:

"This is a limited program designed to prevent attacks on the United States of America and, I repeat, limited."

Wow. I feel better now. I mean, there's limits. Er, wait. Limits of the "There ought to be limits to freedom" type? Uh-oh...